The latest version of our widely recognized dictionary and terminology compilation software, TLex Suite 2010, is now available. This is the fifth major release of our software line, and includes TLex (TshwaneLex), tlCorpus 2010 and tlTerm 2010. Our Electronic Publishing (CD-ROM/Web) software has also been updated extensively.See below for a more detailed summary of new features. tlDatabase 2010 is also now available, which brings the power of the TLex core editor to any type of data.

TLex Suite 2010 includes tlCorpus and tlTerm, or these may be purchased separately. (SPECIAL OFFER: All customers who purchase tlCorpus 2010 (Standalone) will receive a free upgrade to tlCorpus 2011 next year.)

Translation Services

We offer professional translation services for all major world languages, as well as proofreading, editing, transcription and localization. You can use our website form to quickly get quotes.

New Localizations

tlReader is now available in Polish, Chinese (thanks to Bohan for these), French, and Spanish. TLex is also now available in Irish (thanks to Kevin Scannell for this beta localization).

New Oxford Zulu - English / English - Zulu Bilingual Dictionary: In partnership with Oxford University Press, we successfully compiled this new fully corpus-driven dictionary (De Schryver, G-M; ISBN 978-0-19-576554-0). The dictionary is already selling well. Naturally, it was created using TLex.

New Electronic Zulu - English Dictionary: This dictionary (which is incidentally unrelated to the Oxford one) includes advanced Zulu compound-word "smart search" technology, and, as with all our electronic dictionaries, also integrates with Microsoft Word. The dictionary is available from our website.

Summary of New Features

New Features Of TLex Include: A specialised new "auto-sound/image linking" tool allows you to rapidly link thousands of sound, image or video files to their corresponding entries all at once, based on configurable naming conventions. Other new features include video file support, a 'showwhitespace' tool, word count tool, shortcut keys for Lua script-based "macros", a 'field mask' that allows you to easily hide selected fields for exporters, new error checks, extensive and detailed new statistics functionality, and new filters. The RTF export includes a new option to split the output into alphabetic sections. Character Info now includes a new'search by name' field. There are new data manipulation tools such as a 'split field' function that allows you to split attributes at a given text string (e.g. comma) into multiple elements. The integrated Corpus (F6) tool includes many improvements, as well as new features such as a 'wordlist' command and new sortingoptions.

Our Electronic Publishing systems have also seen major improvements, and have been used to publish some major CD-ROM and Web dictionaries, including the prestigious new online dictionary website for the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal ('The Dictionary of the Afrikaans Langage'; a large multi-volumework spanning nearly 200,000 entries and over 8,000 pages in print), and Pharos Dictionaries Online, which consists of some 580,000 entries across 20 titles. These projects also demonstrate that TLex can readily cope with both very large databases, and highly complex data. Amongst the latest new features are advanced multi-title support, search query scoring/ranking, search auto-completion 'suggester', moreadvanced user and subscription management and IP-based authentication, and advanced search queries with booleanexpressions, and support for cellphone-based versions.

tlCorpus 2010 is fully internationalized, can intelligently take advantage of modern multi-core computers to get the best possible performance out of them, and is also capable of handling very large files/corpora. It also features functionality forauto-detection of languages and encodings to help simplify setup. tlCorpus is also BCP-47-aware. It can also intelligently adapt its sentence-detection routines based on the detected language (e.g. supporting Greek end-sentence punctuation rules).

tlTerm 2010 includes support for the latest standards-based BCP 47 language codes, and also includes an importer for TBX (TermBase eXchange format) files.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

tlReader, our free viewer application for TLex, tlTerm and tlDatabase files, is now also available in Polish, in addition to Chinese, French, Cilubà, English and Spanish. Thanks again to Bohan for this translation.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

tlTerm 5 Standalone (pre-release) is now available. tlTerm brings many of the powerful features of our TLex Dictionary Production Software to terminology/glossary compilation, and includes tools to help translators, such as Microsoft Word Integration. (Try Now »; Buy Now »)

All users of tlTerm 4 Standalone will automatically receive a free upgrade to tlTerm 5 Standalone.

New features of tlTerm 5 include improved TBX compatibility (the industry standard TermBase eXchange format), improvements to the integrated corpus tool, many new advanced document statistics functions, an advanced Word Count tool, an improved Character Information Tool, a 'Show Whitespace' function, numerous new Filters, and more.

New Version of the Online WAT Website (11 June 2010)As of 8 June 2010, users of the Electronic WAT may have noticed that the dictionary now looks a bit different than it looked for the past seven years.

The Folio Views software used to build the original Electronic WAT in 2003 is no longer supported. The company TshwaneDJe Human Language Technology converted the data to the TLex Online Dictionary Publishing System (short for TshwaneLex Online Dictionary Publishing System). This means that not only are the contents of the Electronic WAT 'proudly South African', but also the software for using the dictionary!

Existing subscribers will not be affected by these changes taking place in the background.

Monday, July 5, 2010

We'll be at EURALEX 2010 (6 to 10 July). We'll be represented by Prof. Gilles-Maurice de Schryver; please pay a visit if you'd like to see our software (for dictionary production and publication, and more) or learn more about what we can offer.

We are currently signing up beta testers for TLex 5, the next version of our industry-leading Dictionary Writing System (aka TshwaneLex). Beta testers may get a free copy of the software. The program is open to anyone interested. You can apply online by clicking here.

The dictionary contains around 9,700 Zulu - English entries, and includes advanced Zulu compound-word "smart search" technology, allowing you to search for compound forms such as "sizobanqoba" and getting a breakdown of the component morphemes and search results for each (e.g. "si-zo-ba-nqoba") without requiring grammatical knowledge of the compound word formation - this is a major boon to learners of Zulu, as this area is one of the major challenges for novices. The dictionary also includes a search tool that integrates directly with Microsoft Word, providing immediate search results as you work. Try the dictionary now »

We are currently signing up beta testers for tlCorpus, our new standalone concordance software application. Beta testers will get a free copy of the software. The program is open to anyone interested. You can apply online by clicking here.

Immediately, these are available for English and Afrikaans (translation in both directions); we plan to add many more languages (worldwide) soon.

Freelance translators and other language service providers that are interested in offering their services to us can contact us here. We are particularly interested in translators with a focus on quality.

We are excited to be launching this new division in our growing company; these new offerings are complementary to our language software business.

The dictionary contains over 13,000 entries. The electronic version includes our Microsoft Word Integration functionality, allowing you to instantly see the results of a dictionary search for the word you are standing on as you work.

Monday, March 22, 2010

We are now signing up beta testers for tlDatabase, our XML-based database software for editing any kind of structured content in a user-friendly way. The goal behind tlDatabase is to bring much of the power that TLex brings to dictionary editing, into other arenas.

Beta testers will obtain a free license of the software. The program is open to anybody who is interested, and there is no cost involved. You can apply online by clicking here.

Monday, March 1, 2010

The dictionary was created by Lap Minh Siu. It has been published using the TshwaneDJe Online and Electronic professional publishing solutions, and joins our growing complement of other dictionaries published using these systems.